Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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Pagina 48
... political world was at that time divided . We must premise , that our observations are intended to apply only to ... politicians , who transferred their support to every government as it rose , who kissed the hand of the King in 1640 ...
... political world was at that time divided . We must premise , that our observations are intended to apply only to ... politicians , who transferred their support to every government as it rose , who kissed the hand of the King in 1640 ...
Pagina 54
... political question . It was not for a treacherous king or an intolerant church that they fought , but for the old banner which had waved in so many battles over the heads of their fathers , and for the altars at which they had received ...
... political question . It was not for a treacherous king or an intolerant church that they fought , but for the old banner which had waved in so many battles over the heads of their fathers , and for the altars at which they had received ...
Pagina 58
... political creed . He took his own stand upon those which the great body of his countrymen reprobated as criminal , or derided as paradoxical . He stood up for divorce and regicide . He attacked the prevailing systems of education . His ...
... political creed . He took his own stand upon those which the great body of his countrymen reprobated as criminal , or derided as paradoxical . He stood up for divorce and regicide . He attacked the prevailing systems of education . His ...
Pagina 63
... political science . It is not strange that ordinary readers should re- gard the author of such a book as the most depraved and shameless of human beings . Wise men , how- ever , have always been inclined to look with great suspicion on ...
... political science . It is not strange that ordinary readers should re- gard the author of such a book as the most depraved and shameless of human beings . Wise men , how- ever , have always been inclined to look with great suspicion on ...
Pagina 66
... political and metaphysical , we shall make no apology for discussing it at some length . During the gloomy and disastrous centuries which followed the downfal of the Roman Empire , Italy had preserved , in a far greater degree than any ...
... political and metaphysical , we shall make no apology for discussing it at some length . During the gloomy and disastrous centuries which followed the downfal of the Roman Empire , Italy had preserved , in a far greater degree than any ...
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